Talcum Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit

Johnson & Johnson knew the risks. Find out if you have a case!

When women apply talc externally, fine particles can travel up to the ovaries, where the particles cultivate cancer. Recent research found using talcum powder regularly raises ovarian cancer risk from 2% to 33%.

Put another way:
Women who have used talc (Baby Powder or Shower to Shower®) for ongoing hygiene may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer up to 16 times higher than women who have not.

Manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has known the dangers of talcum powder for more than 40 years, court records show. It continued to promote Shower to Shower Absorbent Body Powder® as a feminine hygiene product specifically for use in the genital (perineal) area. And their promotion worked: Many women have used this popular body powder every day for decades. Now, longtime customers who are cancer victims and their survivors are filing suit.

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All you wanted was an effective personal hygiene product you could trust. Now, you want justice.

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Have you or a loved one regularly used either Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and/or Shower to Shower products in your perineal (vaginal) region?*

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Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer?*

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The First Verdict Is In:

Fraud

Negligence

Conspiracy

Jury finds J&J LIABLE for $72 million in damages!

The Miller Firm is now accepting cases in which talcum powder (Baby Powder or Shower to Shower Absorbent Body Powder®) may have caused ovarian cancer.
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Has anyone won a talcum powder case against Johnson & Johnson?

On February 25, 2016, a Missouri court found Johnson & Johnson guilty of fraud, negligence, and conspiracy, awarding the deceased victim’s family $10 million in actual damages and $62 million in punitive damages. Nationwide, about 1,200 victims and their families had filed lawsuits by that date.

What about Johnson’s Baby Powder? Is that dangerous to children or adults?

The $72 million Missouri verdict says: Yes. Women who applied Johnson’s Baby Powder to the genital area are also at significant risk of ovarian cancer. And although research has not linked the topical use of talc in children to cancer, studies show other dangers exist. For example:

Talcum powder: when inhaled, can cause life-threatening respiratory problems in children and adults requiring an immediate visit to the emergency room.

Some studies show prolonged exposure to airborne talc also causes cancer.

Did J&J know Shower to Shower caused ovarian cancer?

Yes.

Court documents show Johnson & Johnson has known for almost 40 years.

More than 20 studies, conducted as early as 1971, have confirmed a link.

Johnson & Johnson failed to act—even in 1999, when J&J medical consultant Alfred Wehner wrote a letter to the company likening its talc marketing as akin to selling cigarettes, “denying the obvious in the face of all the evidence to the contrary.”

Why didn’t the FDA protect me from the dangers of talc-based Shower to Shower?

The FDA does not require the approval of cosmetic products and ingredients. If the FDA learns that a product contains an unsafe ingredient such as asbestos, however, it can take action. At this time, the FDA does not test talc-based products for asbestos, which was banned from talc products more than four decades ago.

Talc is dangerous with or without asbestos

Until 1973, it was legal to sell talc containing asbestos, known to cause cancer. Since then, several studies have shown that even with asbestos removed, the remaining microscopic talc particulate in Shower to Shower® and other body powders raises the risk of ovarian cancer from 2% to between 20% and 33%.

Do I have a case against Johnson & Johnson?

If you have or have had ovarian cancer and you have ever used Johnson & Johnson talcum powder (Baby Powder or Shower to Shower Absorbent Body Powder®) in the genital area, you may have a lawsuit against manufacturer Johnson & Johnson. If a family member has died from ovarian cancer and may have used talcum powder, we also welcome your call. Please contact us for a free legal consultation. A lawyer will individually review your case. If you meet case criteria, we will pursue your case as an individual lawsuit—not a class action.

Please call 800-882-2525 for your free consultation.
Our firm can represent clients in any of the 50 states.

Through the use of local counsel and co-counsel, cases are reviewed nationwide.

Will I pay my legal costs up front?

No. An attorney will review your case for free.

If our legal team determines that you have a case, you pay your lawyer nothing unless you win your individual suit. If your case meets our criteria, we will pursue it as an individual lawsuit—not a class action. If you live anywhere in the United States, we can represent you. Please call 800-882-2525.

How long will a lawsuit take?

Depositions could last two to three years, so it’s important to act now to obtain a lawyer and begin the legal process. Please call 800-882-2525. Lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson have just started to be filed. Get started with an attorney now so you receive compensation as soon as possible.

What makes the Miller Firm the best choice to represent me against Johnson & Johnson?

When you select the Miller Firm to handle your individual lawsuit, you are not just hiring healthcare attorneys with decades of experience going up against large corporations.

Our law firm’s staff also includes doctors and nurses who understand and can help document every aspect of your case. Our staff knows the law. We know the medical science.

And we know the effects of talcum powder: Not just the physical effects—a devastating or even terminal illness. Not just the practical costs—medical expenses, lost work time. But the emotional ones—the fear, the worry, the anger.

Johnson & Johnson lied when it said talcum powder was safe.

All you wanted was an effective personal hygiene product you could trust. Now, you want justice.

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